[ sobs ] sender sobs uncontrollably while receiver holds them ( reverse )
@onegil
this puppet vessel . an echo of a possession that storms his mind , overtaking his psyche . an existence where his mind is not his own and his body moves without any will of his own . it lifts his sword from his back in an effort to do his bidding , an effort to stain his hands with blood he could never purify himself from , to taint himself with a sin that would live as guilt as his very soul for whatever is longer than eternity . infinitely damned by his own fucked up hands .
one step , two - ??? ( please , don't let this happen ; i can't do this )
the silence around them pierces his ears ; every movement , every breath , entirely audible . the slow sink of steel through flesh , entirely audible . the way her clothes drift as she falls into her forced departure . her last breath of air escaped from her lips .
no .
i can save her ! i can save her ! i can save her ! it's too late .
HE TOOK IT FROM HIM . HE TOOK HER FROM HIM .
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SEPHIROTH .
she's smiling . why . . . ? WHY IS SHE SMILING ?! blade struck through her chest and she smiles like she knew . like she . . . like . . . . . . . . . . . . .
clink . . . clink . . . clink . . . clink . . . clink . . . clink . . .
he can't take this anymore . his soul once more becomes one with his body . feet begin to move of their own accord as he rushes to her side , calls her name like she can hear him , like he's desperate for a response , and folds his arms around her in a display of intimate affection he was always too afraid of showing while her heart still beat .
( whatever happens , you can't fall in love with me ) .
there is no shame in death . no conceived judgements of perception or worth or concern for what boundary lays where . there is simply him , as he fills his lungs , and her , empty , lifeless . a vessel . he cradles what once was aerith in his arms and cries through half - broken sobs that don't quite understand the truth of the matter despite submitting to its grief , ❛ this can't be real . . . ! ❜
sephiroth talks beyond him . . . laughing , proud , full of life and ' hope ' . his stomach turns with rage , his fingers quake beneath the shell of his former friend , and his voice cracks when he commands him to shut up .
❛ aerith is gone . ❜ so , he's awoken to the truth . and the sickening hollow laughs of SEPHIROTH plague the forefront of his mind as he chokes through sobs of rage and betrayal .
❛ aerith will no longer talk , no longer laugh , cry . . . ❜ a break from sobs to breathe , ❛ or get angry . . . ❜ a realization dawns that he's seen this before , and a memory of his love for claudia circles back through his thoughts . the cycle never breaks . the grief continues . he pulls her close , ❛ what about us ? what are we supposed to do ?! ❜
. . . ❛ what about my pain ? ❜ IT'S UNBEARABLE NOW . . . how many times ?!
❛ my fingers are tingling .
my mouth is dry .
my eyes are burning ! ❜
tears , snot , and unswallowed saliva paint his face ; and his throat dehydrated from the intensity of his breaths . everything hurts . he can't take this . he can't fucking take this .
open your eyes . please , open your eyes !
this universe will not forgive you .















